Yrða

kveita

nafnorðkvenkyn
1. u, [kveite, ], a halibut, flounder (heilag-fiski); kalt vatn augum en kveita (kvett or kveit. ) tönnum, lérept líki, in the Merman’s song, ii. 33; this is the meaning of the word in this much-contested passage, and not as suggested in Aarb. (1866) 377.2. tt, a false form for kneyta, ii. 131.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • prob.probably.
  • Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)